He had just turned nineteen yesterday
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Wanted to be a school teacher someday
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Came from a small and modest town
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Had never before traveled abroad
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He signed on the promise of a college fund
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Pop and Mom begged him to stay at home
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The last time they saw him was at an airport
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He hugged his distraught mother a final time
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He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen
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Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated?
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Watch on TV names are taken
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Mother, Mother
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My final transmission
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Paris Island was plain hell on earth
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Got gunny yelling at him, "better prove your worth"
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Moved on to Baghdad about six months on
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Caught an IED today, now he is gone
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He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen
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Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated?
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Watch on TV names are taken
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Mother, Mother
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My final transmission
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Dad and Mom I am your only loving sing
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Hid a written final transmission under my helmet
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Love you both in heart and mind
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A better set of parents no boy could ever find
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Weep for me and say thy prayers
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Remember me through all your years
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Only got to serve for six months on and
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If you're reading this I have passed and gone
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So I harbor my final request
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A letter in my memory please send
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Off to the President and all his men
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Begging him with others to bring the troops back home
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes
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Lost them all amidst the war and smoke
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated?
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Watch on TV names are taken
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated?
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Watch on TV names are taken
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Mother, Mother
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My final transmission
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Final Transmission
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Street Dogs |